Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed., 2015, 51(3):96-109 | DOI: 10.17221/205/2014-CJGPB

Agro-morphological and molecular diversity in castor (Ricinus communis L.) germplasm collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IndiaOriginal Paper

Meena KANTI1, Kammili ANJANI2, Betha USHA KIRAN2, K. VIVEKANANDA2
1 Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, India
2 Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, India

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an industrial oilseed crop grown worldwide. Its oil with more than 80% ricinoleic acid makes it a chief raw material for numerous industrial applications and biofuel production. Castor grows in a wild form across India including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which are geographically quite isolated from mainland India. Thirty-three accessions growing in isolation in these Islands were used in the present study. Genetic diversity among these accessions was assessed using 18 agro-morphological traits and 29 EST-SSR markers. High agro-morphological and molecular variability was observed among these accessions. Both agro-morphological traits and EST-SSR markers effectively discriminated the accessions. However, EST-SSRs separated the accessions into more groups than did agro-morphological data, implying high efficiency and resolution of EST-SSR markers in genetic analysis of castor germplasm from Andaman & Nicobar. The diverse accessions identified in the present investigation would serve as genetically diverse sources in castor breeding programmes.

Keywords: agro-morphological traits; EST-SSRs; genetic diversity; polymorphism

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KANTI M, ANJANI K, USHA KIRAN B, VIVEKANANDA K. Agro-morphological and molecular diversity in castor (Ricinus communis L.) germplasm collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed.. 2015;51(3):96-109. doi: 10.17221/205/2014-CJGPB.
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